Crime & Safety
Lincoln Student Charged With Possession Of a BB Gun In School
The information below was obtained by the Cranford Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
took a 16-year-old student into custody on May 24 after the teen was found to be in possession of a weapon inside the school building.
At 2:30 p.m., police responded to - which houses the Cranford Achievement Program - for a report of a student with a gun. Following a brief investigation, a 16-year-old juvenile was taken into custody by Patrolman Matthew Nazzaro.
Accoring to police, the gun was determined to be a black, semi-automatic BB gun. The juvenile was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon inside of a school. The juvenile will have a Union County Family Court date this month.
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Superintendent of Schools Dr. Gayle Carrick was contacted and confirmed that the weapon was a BB gun, but she did not have any further comment on the incident.
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